Information for Graduate Students
Comprehensive Exams – All Graduate Students
Information on Dates, Deadlines, and Past Exams
Master’s Program
General Information
MA Admissions
MA Degree Additional Information
Guidelines for MA Comprehensive Exams
Past MA Comprehensive Exams
MA Advisor and Admissions Director, Professor Larry Sawers
Doctoral Program
General Information
Math Review Course for Incoming PhD Students
Doctoral Field Course & Research Seminar Schedule
Guidelines for PhD Comprehensive Exams
Links to Past PhD Comprehensive Exams
PhD Alumni
PhD Advisor and Program Director, Professor John Willoughby
Thesis and Dissertations
Official department and university guidelines: Guide to Preparation of Theses and Dissertations
You may wish to use LaTeX to word process your dissertation, especially if it involves a lot of mathematical expressions. Please consult with your committee chair.
The Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) lists classification codes for dissertations.
Economics Graduate Student Union
The Economics Graduate Student Union is a forum for the discussion of economics, economic policy, and graduate student interests and concerns within the Department of Economics. Please contact the current EGSU President Brandon Tracy for more information.



